#momiru

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tysm @tamagoneko for coloring in this manga page for me 🥰 it's the rarepair otp

[drgeoduck]

Kyo doesn't want to leave Tohru home alone when he's on his date with Yuki. He's sure he has a good reason to be overprotective.

He really doesn't. And he finds out why.

[runawaycarouselhorse]

"Tohru smiles at him, something warm coming to her cheeks. He’s more considerate than people give him credit for, she thinks. There’s something about the brightness of his smile and the energy that’s constantly running through his veins and coming out in bursts of laughter and movement that makes him seem childish, that makes him seem like he’s less than he is. Seeing him here, holding the violin, in his element, Tohru thinks that maybe she’s beginning to see through all of that."

This passage is so beautiful!

"Last time that they had talked, Momiji had said that he was going to quit playing violin, but he had promised her a concert, just between the two of them. Tohru is, with a sudden and acute awareness, terrified that this is going to be the last time that he plays violin. She doesn’t know what to do with that, with this gift— if she’s the last person to hear him play, play for real, that means he’s given up on his dream of a concert just for his family.

She can’t let that happen.

For the hundredth time that week, Tohru promises herself that she’s going to find a way to break the curse. This isn’t going to be Momiji’s last concert. His mother hasn’t heard him play, not yet."

Oh, so that's when this is set… and ah, even now, Tohru's thoughts are on other people… ;_;

"Even in such a simple song, Tohru can hear the talent that rests in Momiji’s fingertips, she can feel the longing in the notes— the wishing for something that you can never have, the aching desire to hold it in your hands and the coldness in your palms where you know it will never lay. She can hear every emotion that she’s ever felt poured into each note."

Oh, this is where I also teared up, this is so beautifully and poignantly written!

"the bow of the violin falling across the strings as if it were the wind brushing through the trees."

Beautiful imagery.

"The music spills out from the violin in a kind of heartbreak, in a kind of longing, in a kind of wanting. There are no words for this, Tohru thinks. There is only sheet music. There is only song."

Brilliant!

It was very touching and sweet and I'm glad it ended the way it did... maybe, in another timeline, it would be like this. ;_;

As for whether it's in-character or not, until the very end where it took a direction different from the manga/anime, I could honestly say I could easily believe this private concert took place. I also pictured it in the anime's style and even heard their voices, it was sweet and beautiful and felt just like them. Thank you!

at the whisper of a violin

summary: momiji gives one last violin performance, just for the two of them, in which he bares his soul. a story in which tohru doesn’t understand, until she does. 

prompt: momiru for @eroshiyda ! i hope you enjoy <3 

pairings: momiji sohma/tohru honda

words: 1495

warnings: none

note: here is a spotify link to the violin piece, “none but the lonely heart” by tchaikovsky, that i listened to on a loop while writing this :) 

“Tohru!” 

Tohru turns away from the stove, catching just the sound of Momiji’s voice as he pauses at the front door to tug off his shoes. It takes only a moment before he comes into the kitchen, a bright smile on his face. 

Tohru grins at him. “Hello—” 

“Before I chicken out,” Momiji cuts in, “I promised that I would give you a private concert.” 

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[weirdplutoprince]

A really cute comission for @eroshiyda ! I had a lot of fun drawing this! :)

[shigures-house]

Yukikyo fic with a subsidiary Momiji/Tohru pairing where Yuki and Kyo give Momiji a terrifying shovel talk.

After which Tohru reads them the riot act for scaring her boyfriend from making a move, when she is a woman with needs.

[worldoshaking]

I’ve always been torn between ‘Tohru and Momiji could have been such a lovely example of an adorable, affectionate, demonstrative platonic relationship that defies societal norms about boy/girl relationships’ and ‘Momiru is a really good ship actually’

[favesblog]

3 ships: SasuNaru, HaruRenge, and MomiRu

first ship: SasuNaru

last song: "Neon Tetra" by Umberloid

last movie: Glass Onion

currently reading: fanfic (will not elaborate)

currently watching: GL Korean webseries that are being recommended to me on YouTube

currently consuming: Sturniolo triplets content

currently craving: chocolate. always

tag 9 people you’d like to get to know better

thank you @defonotacat for tagging me! <3

3 ships: eruri (the most tragic and sexy ship ever), beabato (perfect male wife and girlboss energy) and satorika/labmdabern (killsbians my beloved)

first ever ship: like first ever ever? clara and prince eric, i loved it when i was 3 years old and i still love it now

last song: sleeping beauty op.66 th13 act 1:6 valse

last movie: christmas carol i think

currently reading: before the coffee gets cold by toshikazu kawaguchi

currently watching: nothing, all my shows ended so it's yt time and watching long analysis about stuff i don't really care about

currently consuming: leftover christmas candy

currently craving: to be hugged maybe hah

tagging: @darling-valentine, @satorikas, @minty-muse, @roseofcards90, @svetlushka, @alaiyoooon, @arocinema, @shiomatsuzaka, @not-quitenormal, i hope you don't mind? uwu

[another-miracle]

a fleeting touch of eternity

Momiji's POV of Tohru standing up for him at the beach house.

Rain pelts violently against Momiji’s face, his cheek pulsing with the bruise from the punch Akito gave him. He stumbles blindly in the dark, searching for the villa housing the older Sohmas. The skin of his feet digs into the gravel, cutting him scratches and scabs.

“Haa-ri, Shigure…!” he coughs out, choking on a sob. The animal spirit inside him screams, twists, and rebels, weighing down his footsteps, causing him to bend over. He clutches at his chest, the pain of betraying the god spirit unravelling his insides. He struggles to breathe.

“Momicchi! What are you doing out here in the rain?” Shigure’s voice sounds. Momiji looks up to see Shigure and Hatori staring at him in shock from the patio. Hatori approaches him and holds him up by the shoulders.

He can’t speak. “A-Akito, he-”

The two adults frown at each other. Briefly, Shigure turns and quirks his head towards someone behind. Belatedly, Momiji notices Kureno standing by the sliding doors to the villa. Kureno stares briefly at the rest of them, before running in the direction Momiji came from. Immediately, Momiji’s knees give way and he collapses to the ground. Clutching at the grass, he pounds a fist at the soil, disgusted, abhorring his uselessness.

A warm hand is placed on his shoulder.

“Come,” Hatori murmurs. “Let’s get you back to the villa.”

Momiji nods, stands up, and numbly follows after the two adults.

---

He sees Tohru kneeling on the ground and he freezes.

The two adults walk ahead and Momiji watches as Hatori grabs hold of her chin and tilts it up. Following a short examination, Momiji is relieved to hear that the adults arrived in time before Akito could do more damage.

The relief is short-lived, however, when Tohru turns her head and reveals three long lines along her right cheek, blood seeping out from the wounds. Momiji stares at them. Three lines reflecting his inability to protect, his helplessness in face of danger befalling the girl he loves, the purposelessness of his presence. They mock him, reminding him of what he has been bound to, everything he cannot grasp and keep, everyone around him who suffers- who has suffered - because of him. He inhales, exhales, lungs screaming for air. It’s Mom again, calling him a monster; it’s Father again, telling him to give up so the suffering goes away; it’s Momo again, a ghost of all he has ever wanted. She’s going to disappear, she’s going to leave, he has to do something, has to say something before-

“I-” Momji bites out, teeth clenched.

Tohru’s hand goes to his bruised cheek. He stiffens, waiting.

“What beautiful tears,” she breathes before wrapping her arms around him.

Something in Momiji breaks right there and then. He closes his eyes, leans briefly into her embrace before inevitably transforming into the form he has never hated more than he does at this moment. Hanging from her shoulders, he desperately wishes for his human form; to clutch at her shoulders, to bring his lips to her ear, to tell her, over and over, how much it means for her to be here, right here, with him, with them. He buries his head into her neck, lets the tears seep down his nose, takes in her warmth. Her breaths pass over the fur on his back, shivering from the cold. It is a release, yet it isn’t, and Momiji fights valiantly against the tightening of the bond between him and the person who hurt the girl he loves, but to no avail. In the midst of it, Momiji’s heart brittles, mourning the future he wants to offer to the girl who has embraced him, animal and all.

Later, when Tohru releases him, and he transforms back, they walk hand in hand back into the villa. It takes a monumental effort on his part to separate to get cleaned up, and he finds himself outside her door after, seeking her presence once more. And Tohru, sweet Tohru, lets him in, lets him hold her hand again, and Momiji is so, so lost. She leads him to bed, where a little Kisa is snoring, and tucks him in, fingers wafting through his hair. As he closes his eyes, hand not relinquishing its hold, Momiji wishes he can stay like this forever, bathing himself in the warmth of Tohru’s attention. Instead, he is allowed a fleeting touch of eternity before he surrenders to sleep, giving up a hereafter that he will never be allowed to taste, ever.

[lilyginnyblackv2]

Let’s Talk About Momiji - MANGA SPOILERS!

I have a ton of lesson planning that I still need to do, but I decided to take a bit of a break to talk about Momiji for a sec. I was just re-reading Chapters 64 and 65. When it comes to the Beach Arc, we always see a lot of talk about Yuki, Kyo, and Tohru and how this really is a turning point in all of their stories. We see that it is in this arc that Kyo and Yuki have some big revelations concerning their thoughts and feelings on their situation and Tohru. But...Momiji experiences this too. It’s just done in an incredibly subtle way.

When you first read through Furuba, the twist of Momiji being the other Sohma who romantically likes Tohru seems to come out of left field. Because, just like Tohru, and the other Sohmas, you don’t really view Momiji as a fellow teen. Not until he has his growth spurt and then it really sinks in that he is a teenager going through complicated feelings involving love of all kinds too.

Once you know the direction of Momiji’s story, once you have that image of an older Momiji in your head, and once you can see Momiji as the teen he actually is - you can see the threads of his love for Tohru far easier. But they are still very soft and subtle, still slightly hidden. I think, narratively, Momiji truly enters the “teen character” category after the Beach Arc. It is during this arc that we see him make that transition. It is also likely during this arc that Momiji really, consciously realizes that he likes Tohru romantically.

Before Akito arrives and crashes their vacation, we still see Momiji being lumped in with “the kids.” He is crashed out on the floor sleeping together with Hiro and Kisa, the others do make a “and Momiji, for some reason” kinda comment, but he is still kept in that group. He, along with Hiro and Kisa, have to be informed by the others (the adults and teens) that Akito has arrived. He was out of the loop (only very briefly) but then had to be brought into it again. This shows that, while we’ve seen Momiji be shown as being more emotional mature than Hiro and even some of the older characters, he was still being kept at the Kids Table, so to speak.

We’ve also always seen Momiji as caring about and adoring Tohru, but his feelings and emotions on the way to Akito and how he expresses his desire to see and be with Tohru afterwards are different...There is a softer look in his eyes, and he talks about wanting to be selfish along with Kyo. I feel, if you look at this image:

You can see in his expression that he is feeling romantic feelings for Tohru and is aware of this by now. And the confrontation with Akito is when Momiji fully moves from the “Kids Table” to the “Adults Table.” He not only stood up for Tohru and did what Kyo had wanted to do, but he is also now shown to be separated from Hiro and Kisa.

He still has a good, enjoyable time with Tohru. He is still excitable, but there is a maturity in his eyes now. A different type of maturity from when he talked about his mother with Tohru. You can see it in the way he looks at her in the above image. Something has shifted and changed. Now he has a shared moment with Tohru. It was a heartbreaking moment, but it was still a moment that bonded them and it was still a moment that was (essentially) between them (them vs. Akito, really). He isn’t sleeping on the floor with “the kids” anymore and being kept a bit out of the loop. He now is the one keeping one of “the kids” out of the loop.

And though, the night before he still slept next to Kisa, we see now - at the very end of this arc - he asks to sit with Tohru, Yuki, and Kyo. He is sitting at the Adult’s Table now (though, really, teens). And specifically with Kyo and Yuki, who both have their own revelations concerning Tohru and their feelings about her in this arc.

It isn’t given a huge spotlight, but Momiji gains a lot of character development in this arc too, and it is during this arc that we really see him transition from a kid who likes Tohru to a young man experiencing his first love. 

[favesblog]

re-reading all of my old momiru fics. i'm a damn genius

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3 ships: momiru, alphyne, and harurenge

first ever ship: i honestly cannot remember right now lol

last song: "Airman ga Taosenai" by nyanyannya

last movie: Three Identical Strangers

currently reading: i wish. i wish i had time to read...

currently watching: The 100

currently consuming: Sturniolo triplets content

currently craving: chocolate, always 🍫♡

Tag 9 people you want to get to know better - Tagged by @princesstooru thank you for tagging me!

Three Ships: yona and hak, kyo and tohru, and bubbline

First Ever Ship: I honestly don't know lol just going to say zuko and katara

Last Song: I'm currently just listening to a song radio

Last Movie: I think the deer king, I don't watch movies that much anymore

Currently Reading: for book it's a song of achilles and I'm loving it, manga there's just too much to put lol

Currently Watching: vinland saga and handmadiens tale, was watching the last of us and that ended Sunday

Currently Consuming: whatever motivation that suddenly came to me today

Currently Craving: rest, i've been so tired lately

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[drgeoduck]

Momiji shares a bit of German culture with Tohru. Freikörper culture.

[dankavocados]

Momiji with Tohru

Momiji with people who don't take his love for Tohru seriously

[rinsrose]

since the trend seems to be going around... here's my 2 cents ;)

[lemonfezt]

Don't mind me. I'm just here weeping and thinking about how the rest of the episodes have kyoru, tohrin, yuchi, hatsurin, mayutori, yukeru, kiro and ayamine content.

[momiijisohma]

DONT rb but DO get hype